Boy charged with first-degree murder of father

Published: Thursday, April 28, 2005

ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUMBOLDT, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors brought a murder charge Wednesday against a 10-year-old boy who allegedly killed his father with a shotgun and then walked to a neighbor's doorstep and said, "I done something really bad."

Robert D. Hamlin, 42, was found dead Sunday night on the living room couch at his home near Humboldt. Sheriff's deputies found the boy a quarter-mile away with a 20-gauge shotgun.

The boy, whose name was not released, was charged as a juvenile and could be held until age 23 if convicted. Authorities are trying to determine the motive.